R E C R U I T M E N T A N D R E T E N T I O N

A FORWARD-THINKING RECRUITMENT and retentionprogram by KCA DEUTAG allowed an effective and trouble-freestart-up for a cyber platform rig offshore Azerbaijan. Therecruitment challenge in sourcing some 500 expatriates andAzerbaijani nationals for 4 cyber rigs between 2003 and 2005required a new approach.

This paper will demonstrate how the companys approach torecruitment and retention can be directly linked to perform-ance in the platform rig start-up. Key areas covered in thepaper include:

1. High-level recruitment planning, including risk assessments;

2. Cross-functional support team and integrated recruitmentand training plans;

3. Identification of role models and banded recruitment;

4. Cradle-to-grave investment to assist with recruitment andaid retention; development of an experience pool.

This paper will show how the lessons learned from KCA DEU-TAGs approach can be transferred to other start-ups.

From 0 to 500 in Under 3 Years The Caspian RecruitmentChallenge (IADC/SPE 99004) R Richardson, T Steel, KCA DEU-TAG Drilling Ltd.

M A K I N G S A F E T Y N O . 1

If asked to vote if Safety is No. 1 or Safety is not No. 1, theformer is always an unanimous selection. In theory, it works. Inreality, safety is challenged on a daily basis by culture, workhabits and processes, and individuals who don't share the sameprioritization. When safety becomes a core value, it cannot becompromised.

Over the past two years, ConocoPhillips has undertaken a chal-lenge to establish safety as a core value in its drilling and com-pletion operations in the ArkLaTex region, with positiveresults. By working together with our contractors, decreases intrailing indicators have been realized along with increases inleading indicators. The paper details this journey.

Safety Is Not #1; It's a Core Value (IADC/SPE 98956) GHSchwall, PA Nealis, ConocoPhillips.

6 Y E A R L T I F R E E

Well service operations involving heavy machinery, bulky equip-ment, heavy lifts, hazardous chemicals and increasingly chal-lenging logistical constraints have typically been seen in the oilindustry as a threat to good HSE performance and statistics.There has, however, been a lot of learning, understanding andresearch work stemming from these earlier failures. These,coupled with a tremendous shift in awareness and attitudestoward the HSE aspects of operations, have brought aboutprogress in reaching our goal of safer and greener operations.

On 1 June, 2004, a major international operator in the AsiaPacific Region achieved a milestone of 6 years LTI free coiledtubing/well servicing operations.

In a real sense, safety is no accident. Even if it appears to bethat way over a narrow time frame, it generally wont last long.For more sustained periods of time, safety needs concrete sys-tems, skills and work practices to rest on. We believe that shar-ing of information and experiences is the most effective way ofencouraging combined efforts in these areas to lead the HSEperformance of our industry as a whole to great heights.

A critical review of the whole process has been attempted inthis paper to identify the critical components which have playedvital roles in the achievement of this great milestone. We believethat the learning from this study would greatly contribute toimprovements in safety performance of similar operationsworldwide.

Safety Is No Accident (IADC/SPE 98045) NM Al Araimi, Shell;M Mahajan, CJ Blades, BJ Services.

H E L I C O P T E R S A F E T Y

This paper describes a study on helicopter airworthiness andrisk mitigation that shows how seven key initiatives could makeoffshore helicopter operations as safe as flights on good com-mercial airlines.

These seven key risk mitigations can and should be applied inall helicopter uses, including offshore transportation, pipelinesurveillance and seismic operations.

Whereas good commercial airlines currently experience lessthan one fatal accident per million flying hours, helicopter flightsin support of the offshore oil and gas business currently experi-ence six to seven fatal accidents per million flying hours, whichis about the same as the commercial airline rate 30 years ago.

Shell Aircraft recently analyzed the measures taken by thecommercial airlines during the past 30 years to improve theirsafety record and found that most of these same measures areavailable for helicopters but have not been fully implemented.The paper and presentation show that while high standards foraircraft operations have dramatically improved Shells helicop-ter safety record over the past 12 years, the goal of making hel-icopters as safe as commercial airlines cannot be achieved inthe older helicopter types. These older helicopter types lackmany important safety features that have been addressed bythe latest regulatory design requirements.

Shell Aircraft studied the most detailed accident records avail-able and evaluated the risk mitigation available from these lat-est design standards and the other measures taken by com-mercial airlines over the last 30 years to prevent accidents. Theresults showed that seven key mitigations could prevent up to84 percent of the helicopter accidents currently occurring.

Helicopter Safety in the Oil and Gas Business (IADC/SPE98672) E Clark, C Edwards, P Perry, G Campbell, M Stevens,Shell.

C Y B E R R I G S T A R T - U P S

In planning for the safe, effective and trouble-free start-up ofmajor cyber rig operations in locations as varied as Caspian,Sakhalin and Angola, KCA DEUTAG has learned that you have

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to be flexible when it comes to training personnel to operateand maintain the new technology. This is particularly the casewhen you have crews drawn from the local and internationalwork pool, some of whom who have no drilling experience at all,let alone cyber rig experience.

This paper will describe how operational and maintenancetraining was tackled for operations in three geographic areaswith distinct cultural and operational differences.

Key areas covered in the paper will be start-ups for:

Multi Rig Big Budget Operations

Single Rig Low Budget Operations

Twin Rig Mid Budget Operations

Dealing with the language barrier

Keeping the momentum rolling

Planning for succession

The paper will demonstrate how having planned and well-exe-cuted pre-operational training shortens the learning curve onthe rig, thereby minimizing downtime and delivering a safe,effective and trouble free start-up.

It will also discuss how, with vision and planning, flexible train-ing systems can be put in place not only to ensure the trainingof future crews but also to allow the introduction of additionalequipment or entire rigs while minimizing exposure to risk,both operational and commercial.

State of the Art Training for State of the Art Rigs Options inTraining for Cyber Rigs in New Locations (IADC/SPE 98944)D Cormack, KCA DEUTAG.

O P E R A T I N G R E M O T E L Y

In the oil and gas industry, remote operations have beenapplied to unmanned platforms, subsea equipment and satel-lite wells. The potential for remote operations is significantfor offshore platforms, but it is a common misconception tobelieve that all human interactions at offshore platforms canbe eliminated.

A pilot study was performed for Petoro AS to determine therisks and rewards for implementing remote operations onseveral platforms in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.Activities such as remote equipment monitoring, use of acentralized control room, specialists serving multiple plat-forms and campaign maintenance planning were assessedfor impact on operating expenses, functionality, reliabilityand safety. Reward potentials included reduction in OPEX,reduction in offshore personnel, less lost production andimproved safety.

Remotely Operated Platforms Fact, Fiction, or Future(IADC/SPE 99185) BA Levett, Det Norske Veritas.

N E W A P P R O A C H T O S A F E T Y

Historical accident rates, while lower than they were a decadeago, remain at unacceptably high levels despite the use of awide range of safety systems.

A potentially novel approach to improving safety performancehas been piloted by Shell Oil Company. This approach Intrin-sic Safety Analysis uses a measurement system based onfirst principles to examine the inherent safety of each operationon three parameters the energy in the operation, the con-tainment of that energy and the exposure of personnel to theenergy. The resulting Intrinsic Safety Exposure (ISE) gives adirect measure of the potential for an accident in each step ofan operation, regardless of the novelty of the operation or thehistorical experience with it.

Having this measure of the ISE enables several potentapproaches that yield increasingly significant long-termimprovements by:

1. Allowing contractors and operators to identify which opera-tions are intrinsically less safe and to put in place remedialmeasures for those with high exposure;

2. Pointing the way for engineers to redesign operations andequipment such that they are intrinsically safer;

3. Integrating ISE thinking across the lifecycle of equipmentand entire assets;

4. Enabling a rigorous value ranking of alternative investmentsto improve safety performance;

5. Benchmarking and comparing ISE across assets andbetween competing operations;

6. Establishing long-term corporate goals for ISE.

The long-term benefits this approach may be to drive thesafety performance to new levels while reducing costs andtime.

This paper intends to expose the industry to this newapproach.

Intrinsic Safety Analysis Driving Safety Performance toa New Level (IADC/SPE 99036) RH Orlean, Orlean TechnicalSolutions Inc; R Patterson, Shell.

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